Dedication of a statue of Dionysos and a shrine
created: From previous publications (Reynolds).
source date: Second century CE
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Bibliography

[...], 145; [...], LXIII.4 with Letronne, p.394; from these [...], 5139, [...] no.188, see also 137; from all these [...], B.6.

Κλαυδία Βενόστα Κλαυδίου Καρτισθένους Μελίορος θυγάτηρ Διόνυσον ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων σὺν τῷ ναῷ

Apparatus

[^a1: at 3: ΙΔΙΩΝ | ΙΔΙΟΝ [At the end Della Cella shows a stop, Pacho ? a scroll.]]

Translation

Claudia Venusta, daughter of Claudius Kartisthenes Melior, gave the Dionysos from her own funds, with the temple.

Kl(audia) Benosta Cl(audia) Venusta, daughter of Kl(audios) Cl(audius) Kartisthenes Melior gave the Dionysos from her own funds, with the temple.

Commentary

Claudia Venusta and her father also figure in C.495, C.456, C.497 and C.498 which record other dedications that she made, almost certainly in this Sanctuary. See further on C.456.

Reynolds thought that the findspot was very probably the Extra-mural Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore; but Della Cella saw the stone near the Fountain of Apollo: "In due marmi tagliati a dado,che giacevano presso a questi fonti ho trovato, e meglio che ho saputo trascritto, le seguenti due iscrizioni".